I ache for this poem, Belle. I have felt and seen every single word and emotion within it. It's a stand-alone poem that should be published - and often. Its message is both heartwarming and devastating. Strength and meekness beautifully combined in one powerful pen. Totally love this, thank you. Kate xx
Some people are like that flower, born from a cold rock fissure and clinging to existence for dire life, showing to whoever made it happens that it was stronger than "fate's" malice.
There was a song written back in the fifties about a Rose in Spanish Harlem and this poem reminded me of that song, it is such a striking picture and the poem does it justice...a symbol of what we can be if we really want to be...
(Richard M. Feldman) Ever since I was a young boy, the only thing I wanted to be was a cowboy. I wanted to own and work on a real ranch, with cattle and horses. Especially horses.
While I never became a cowboy, considering everything I have done
At the young of age of seven, Jill's mother Eve takes her for regular sessions to a child psychologist for treatment of her anxiety, which only makes her behavior worse. When she reaches her teens, she starts drinking and then smoking marijuana with
Sepsis knocked her down and out. Faith, hope, and gave her the strength to get back on her feet. I am a Runner She fought the river of death They said she'd never run again
She proved them wrong...
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Lovely!
Peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"
Newfie Hugs, Rose
This is a beautifully conceived and wonderfully written poem, so focused, determined and strong, and what an aftertaste it has!
John
Georg
Love, Ankin
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fee
the beauty of word and line nourished in the
hidden fissues of your soul and spirit.
-gene.
Always,
Deborah
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
(((HUGS)) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D